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1. Gary L. Reback, Patently Absurd: Corporations Are Increasingly Converting the Shield of Patent Protection into the Sword of Unfair Compétition, FORBES, June 24, 2002, at 44 (showing a drawing from US Patent No. 6,004,596 of a crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich as a nomination for the most ridiculous patent). 2. See US Patent No. 4,712,510 (issued Dec. 15, 1987)(describing"[a] pet toy comprising a stuffed play object disposed at the end of a tether secured to a flexible telescoping wand").